In re Robinson, Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit 2016 (unpublished)
Ruling:
The plain language of the Illinois personal property exemption statute does not impose a dollar-value limitation on the items available for exemption, and a debtor is therefore not precluded from...
Stubbs & Perdue, P.A. v. Angell (In re Anderson, Jr.), Case No. 15-1316 (4th Cir. Jan. 26, 2016).
Ruling:
Affirming the district court, the Fourth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court correctly interpreted/applied Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244 (1994), to find that the version of 11...
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel correctly dismissed as moot debtor’s appeal from order confirming chapter 11 plan, where debtor had not objected to its plan prior to confirmation. Affirmed.
Grede v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp., et al. (In re Sentinal Mgmt. Group, Inc.), Case No. 15-1039 (7th Cir. January 8, 2016).
Ruling:
When a transferee is on “inquiry notice,” it has a duty to make further investigations into the facts surrounding a transfer to it and the failure to make such investigations renders its...
In re Free, No. WW-14-1395-JuKiF (9th Cir. B.A.P. Dec. 17, 2015)
Ruling:
In personam liability on undersecured debt that is discharged in chapter 7 is not counted toward the unsecured-debt limit in a subsequent chapter 13 case.
Judge(s):
Meredith A. Jury, Ralph B. Kirscher, and Robert J. Faris, Bankruptcy Judges. Opinion by Judge Jury.
11 U.S.C. § 108(c) tolls the one-year expiration period of an "Order for Appearance and Examination' ("ORAP") lien as set forth in CCC § 708.110. The granting of a discharge to the debtor, which...
Lavenhar v. First American Title Insurance Co. (In re Lavenhar), Case No. 14-1391 (10th Cir. July 29, 2014). Published.
Ruling:
A chapter 7 trustee has the sole power to bring a fraudulent conveyance action but a creditor is a party in interest entitled to object to another creditor’s claim.
In re Blendheim, No. 13-35354 (9th Cir. Oct. 1, 2015).
Ruling:
A discharge-ineligible chapter 13 debtor may avoid a lien under section 506(d) after the bankruptcy court has disallowed the creditor’s proof of claim.
Judge(s):
Richard A. Perez, Jay S. Bybee, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Bybee.
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case No. EC-14-1550-DJuF (December 11, 2015) Published
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") dismissed, as equitably moot, Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income Fund and Franklin California High Yield Municipal Fund (collectively,...
Jackson v. U.S. (In re Jackson), Case No. EC-15-1072-DJuF (9th Cir. BAP Dec. 4, 2015) (published)]
Ruling:
Affirmed. The Ninth Circuit BAP held an amended proof of claim filed by the IRS was not untimely under Sections 502(b)(9) or 1308 of the Bankruptcy Code, or Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(1), because it...
